As part of our ongoing quest to get you meaningful and powerful stories from India and around the world, we invited Swapnila Goswami for an exclusive interview with BrilliantRead Media. She is a Passionate Blogger, Fashion and Lifestyle Consultant, Change Enabler and Influencer. Let’s read more about her inspiring journey, background and advice for our growing community!
Excerpts from our exclusive interview with Swapnila:
Talk us through your background and your journey, please;
Since my High School days, I used to be passionate about “FASHION”. It was always my desire to make a place in the field of “FASHION”. At that time I had no idea that content creation could be taken as a profession. Also, during those days scopes related to the respective field used to be very less in the place I stay.
My parents never supported the idea of me doing something related to the field of Fashion, they wanted me to complete my masters and get a job. From my childhood itself, I had the skill of mixing and matching when it comes to clothes and accessories, I simply enjoyed it. I never knew that this skill will help me to create content related to fashion in future.”
Years passed and I completed my Bachelor of Science and decided to go for my masters in university. During my university days, I decided to start an Instagram account, a personal account, not a business one, as a majority of my friends started using Instagram at that time. I can remember, at that time Instagram was new. It’s then I came across few content creators who used to create content on fashion and lifestyle.
I got attracted towards their content and started following them. That’s when I got introduced to the fact that content creation can be taken as a profession. I used to admire their content a lot, even now I admire their work and going through their content became a part of my daily routine. That’s when the idea of becoming a fashion content creator developed within me. Still, I didn’t have the required confidence within me to start creating content. I always thought that it’s not the cup of tea for a small-town girl like me.
I started working as a computer teacher in an institute but my desire to create content on Fashion kept growing stronger with every passing day. Finally, it reached a point where I can’t resist my desire any longer. It’s in January 2018, I finally decided to start my own blog on “FASHION” and accordingly, I started my Instagram account “fashionistaspeaks”.
Once I placed my foot in the field of content creation I never looked back.
How did you discover your passion?
During my university days, I started a personal Instagram account. That’s when I came across the content of a few content creators who used to create content on Fashion and Lifestyle.
I used to admire their content to such an extent that going through their content became a part of my daily routine. I noticed one thing that while sharing outfit ideas they used to mix and match a lot ( both clothes and accessories ). Now from my School days itself, I was very passionate about fashion and also, had the desire to make a place in the field of fashion.
When it comes to clothes and accessories, I have had the skill of mixing and matching since my childhood. That’s why after seeing their content, an idea popped up in my mind that I can start writing blog posts on fashion.”
How do you manage to keep going despite the challenges? What drives you?
My passion and love for fashion helped me to face the challenges I came across. My determination is one of the key factors that help me going. I just know one thing that I have to make a place in the field of content creation.
My strong will and faith in my own ability drive me to go ahead.
Who do you believe has been the biggest source of motivation in your daily life?
Being passionate about creating content on Fashion, I always love to go through the content of various content creators who use to create content on fashion and lifestyle. I observe their content minutely as I think there is something to learn from the content created by every content creator.
Going through their content helps me to develop new ideas for my content and these ideas in turn make my creativity more active. So, the biggest source of motivation is the content developed by various content creators from which I can learn and develop ideas for my content.
What are some of the strategies that you believe have helped you grow as a person?
The strategies that helped me to grow as a person are:
1) Hard Work
2) To stay determined under every situation I face
3) Faith in own ability
4) Strong-will
5) Choosing the honest path
6) Patience
Please share with us a unique challenge you faced in your early career?
The only challenge I face was in convincing my Mother as she always used to think that content creation is not my cup of tea.
It was not exactly her fault though, being a girl from a small city according to her it’s difficult to have a future in this field.”
She always wanted me to get a good job after completing my studies. When I started creating content on fashion, at the beginning she was not satisfied with my idea but after a year when I started getting collaborations from reputed brands her view started changing and after that when I started getting featured on various magazines she realized that content creation is the perfect job for me.
Now she is both satisfied and happy. Only through my hard work and determination today I am able to win her confidence.
You are always positive and motivated, what keeps you going?
Yes, I believe in staying positive because I think whenever one works hard and stays honest one will never return empty-handed. My love for content creation and determination to make my place in this field keep me going.
My belief, “ hard work pays off “ never lets me look back as I believe that sometimes it may take time, but when one works hard and stays determined nothing can stop the person from achieving his/her goal.
In your opinion, what are the keys to success?
For me keys to success are:
(a) Hard work
(b) Never looking back
(c) One needs to know his/her goal clearly
(d) Staying positive under every situation
(e) Staying determined
(f) Patience
(g) Staying confident
What advice would you give students and young professionals who want to have a successful career?
My advice is that patience is the key factor in this process as success never comes overnight. One needs to stay patient and work hard without looking back. Determination is another key factor that leads to success.
One needn’t lose faith in his/her own ability. Hard work always pays off though it may take time.
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